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Happy birthday to entertainers like Jo Anne Worley, Roger Waters, and Rosie Perez! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!
Actress Jo Anne Worley (1937) turned her own nightclub act into a spot on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In." She's the Wardrobe in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast," played Mrs. Tottendale in "The Drowsy Chaperone" on Broadway, and took on Madame Morrible in "Wicked" in Los Angeles.
Musician Roger Waters (1943) co-founded Pink Floyd on bass and ended up writing the words to "The Dark Side of the Moon," "Wish You Were Here," and "The Wall." He restaged "The Wall" in Berlin for one of the biggest rock concerts anybody has ever put on, rebuilt Pink Floyd's best known album as "The Dark Side of the Moon Redux," and dropped a live album last year.
Actress Rosie Perez (1964) broke out in "Do the Right Thing," kept it rolling with "White Men Can't Jump," and landed an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in "Fearless." She showed up in "Birds of Prey," grabbed an Emmy nomination for "The Flight Attendant," and has since turned up on "Now and Then" and "Your Honor."
Singer Macy Gray (1967) arrived with "On How Life Is" and walked off with the Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "I Try." She put out "The Reset" with the California Jet Club and spent last year touring the triple platinum debut for its 25th anniversary.
Actor Idris Elba (1972) ran a Baltimore drug empire as Stringer Bell on "The Wire" and took home a Golden Globe for "Luther." He produces and stars in "Hijack," he's the voice of Knuckles in the "Sonic the Hedgehog" movies, and he's Man-At-Arms in "Masters of the Universe" this year.
Actress Naomie Harris (1976) survived the outbreak in "28 Days Later" and made Moneypenny her own across "Skyfall," "Spectre," and "No Time to Die." She picked up an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in "Moonlight" and turned up in "Black Bag" last year.
Cartoonist Sergio Aragonés (1937), Actress Swoosie Kurtz (1944), Actress Jane Curtin (1947), Singer Buddy Miller (1952), Businesswoman Carly Fiorina (1954), Comedian Jeff Foxworthy (1958), Actor-comedian Michael Winslow (1958), Drummer Scott Travis of Judas Priest (1961), Musician Paul Waaktaar-Savoy of a-ha (1961), Politician Chris Christie (1962), Journalist Elizabeth Vargas (1962), Basketball player Kevin Willis (1962), Singer Mark Chesnutt (1963), Actress Betsy Russell (1963), Author Alice Sebold (1963), Singer William DuVall of Alice in Chains (1967), Singer CeCe Peniston (1969), Singer Rhett Miller of Old 97's (1970), Actor Dylan Bruno (1972), Actress Justina Machado (1972), Actress-singer Anika Noni Rose (1972), Actor Chad L. Coleman (1974), Singer Nina Persson of The Cardigans (1974), Actor Justin Whalin (1974), Baseball player Derrek Lee (1975), Actor Bertie Carvel (1977), Rapper N.O.R.E. (1977), Rapper Foxy Brown (1978), Actress Deborah Joy Winans (1983), Wrestler Braun Strowman (1983), Actress Lauren Lapkus (1985), Actor Jovan Adepo (1988), Singer Max George of The Wanted (1988), Basketball player John Wall (1990), Football player Ryan Shazier (1992), Football player Mark Andrews (1995), Actor Nicholas Alexander Chavez (1999), Singer David Kushner (2000), Actor Asher Angel (2002), Tennis player Leylah Fernandez (2002)
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